A Local’s guide to Montreal
A Local’s guide to Montreal. I’m always blogging about exotic foreign places and it hit me that I’ve never posted photos or written anything about the city where I lived for 25 years. But it …
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Why you have to Visit Old Montreal (a place I both Iove and hate)
Why you have to Visit Old Montreal. I have a complicated relationship with Old Montreal. There are parts of Old Montreal that feature the absolute worst of mass tourism: tacky stores and restaurants, …
A Walking tour of Montreal’s Plateau Mont-Royal
A Walking tour of Montreal’s Plateau Mont-Royal. Every guide to Montreal recommends a visit to the Plateau Mont-Royal. But I’ve yet to see anything detailed on what you should actually do …
Top Places to Visit in the Province of Quebec
Top Places to Visit in the Province of Quebec Updated August 2024. We’ve lived half of our lives in Quebec. Quebec is best known for historic Quebec City (a UNESCO site) and cosmopolitan Montreal, but …
Montreal in the summer (in Photos)
Montreal in the summer Summer is when Montreal comes alive. Suddenly everyone is out. The parks are full, the terraces are bustling, tourists come from out of town and fill up the streets of Old …
Montreal: options for cruising the Old Port and St. Lawrence river
Boat cruises in Montreal A lot of tourists coming to Montreal decide to take a boat cruise to see the city from a different perspective. Here are a few options and my recommendations. There are 3 …
A Guide to Tadoussac, Quebec
Guide to Tadoussac Tadoussac is our favorite town in the whole province of Quebec. It is situated on the north coast of the St. Lawrence, about 3 hours east of Quebec City. The Saguenay river flows …
Visiting the Montmorency Falls, Quebec
Visiting the Montmorency Falls 12 km east of Quebec City are the Montmorency Falls, the highest falls in the province of Quebec at 84 m (275 ft) in height. Just to give you a sense of perspective, the …
The Best Montreal museums (and visiting them on the cheap)
The Best Montreal museums This summer we decided to vacation at home and re-discover Montreal. One of the things we did was explore Montreal’s museums – this is a city with over 40 museums. …